Wii And Natal Will Have "Trouble Matching" Sony Motion Controller, Sony Says

**Valigarmander** · 12-16-2009, 11:00 PM

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With 2010 nearly upon us, all three platform holders have started to outline their strategies for the new year. According director of hardware marketing John Koller, Sony's three pillars will be "motion control gaming, 3D gaming, and the PlayStation Network."

Referring to the motion controller, Koller told GamePro, "I think the areas that are going to be really critical to our success will be family games, as well as shooters and sports games,"

"Those are going to be the areas that will really define success, because they're areas that quite honestly, I think Project Natal and the Wii are going to have trouble matching, from a differentiation standpoint."

Sony sees motion control as "being that much more than what exists on the market," Koller said.

"The Holy Grail of gaming is placing you as a consumer into the game physically. When we provide further details, people will see exactly where we're going, not only from a technological standpoint on the hardware, but also where the gameplay is transitioning."

Details about Sony's motion controller have been relatively sparse since its debut at E3 2009. The controller is a handheld wand that uses the PlayStation Eye to help track its position. It was rumored to be called the "Gem," but Sony has said that it was only an early codename for the project, with the final name still to be announced.

Whatever it ends up being called, the motion controller is slated for release in Spring 2010.

Panfan · 12-17-2009, 08:17 AM

i lol'd

Jesus · 12-17-2009, 02:33 PM

That article provided no insight to it's supposed motion control device nor has it given a reason as to WHY it would be better. That article in my opinion was useless and just a way for Sony to buy time until they figure out how to make such a device without copying "Project Natal" or "Wii Motion Controls".

Robotazy · 12-18-2009, 02:05 PM

Seriously though.

STOP OVERHYPING YOUR PRODUCT.

COME ON.

**Loot** · 12-18-2009, 10:11 PM

Just like how the DS bombed, right Sony?

Sony?

Metal Man · 12-19-2009, 02:03 AM

THE PS3 IS THE FUTURE OF ALL ENTERTAINMENT. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW IT YET.

WHAT, NO MORE EXCLUSIVES? THOSE GAME MAKERS ARE JUST NOT INTELLIGENT, WE ARE THE FUTURE.

***the Octopus*** · 12-19-2009, 11:07 AM

It would be most unwise, in this instance, to attempt to obtain the amount of ornithologically-classed livestock present at a time in precedence to the occasion upon which they will have been introduced from their period of incubation unto the external world.

Jesus · 12-21-2009, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Metal Man

WE ARE THE FUTURE.

That is a key statement. It's the FUTURE. Not the present.

12-18-2009, 02:05 PM	#4
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,247 Thanks: 521 Thanked 1,238 Times in 885 Posts Blog Entries: 43	The Wii and Natal will have "Trouble Matching" the amount of suck coming from this :) Seriously though. STOP OVERHYPING YOUR PRODUCT. COME ON.

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Panfan Analrapist Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I'm awesome, and I **** dolphins Gender: Posts: 18,540 Thanks: 1,384 Thanked 2,201 Times in 1,311 Posts Blog Entries: 15	i lol'd

12-17-2009, 02:33 PM	#3
Jesus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 5,613 Thanks: 104 Thanked 139 Times in 101 Posts Blog Entries: 3	That article provided no insight to it's supposed motion control device nor has it given a reason as to WHY it would be better. That article in my opinion was useless and just a way for Sony to buy time until they figure out how to make such a device without copying "Project Natal" or "Wii Motion Controls".

12-18-2009, 10:11 PM	#5
Loot whelp I'm a bloody moron Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 12,471 Thanks: 226 Thanked 1,167 Times in 611 Posts	Just like how the DS bombed, right Sony? Sony?

12-19-2009, 02:03 AM	#6
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	THE PS3 IS THE FUTURE OF ALL ENTERTAINMENT. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW IT YET. WHAT, NO MORE EXCLUSIVES? THOSE GAME MAKERS ARE JUST NOT INTELLIGENT, WE ARE THE FUTURE.

12-19-2009, 11:07 AM	#7
*the Octopus* THE PRESIDENT OF FUN Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 27,475 Thanks: 1,973 Thanked 5,121 Times in 2,320 Posts	It would be most unwise, in this instance, to attempt to obtain the amount of ornithologically-classed livestock present at a time in precedence to the occasion upon which they will have been introduced from their period of incubation unto the external world.